I made this connection a while back -
the left/atheists have the common mis-assumption between their advocacy for centralized control and their denial of God based on “the problem of evil”.
In both cases, they believe THEY know what the greater good is. In effect, they’ve succumbed to the original sin of desiring to be or thinking they are a god unto themselves, knowing good and evil. (Gen 3:4-5)
There on those on the right/believers who advocate centralized control, as well as atheists who don't (those who are Libertarians and Objectivists come to mind). I think Robert Heinlein (the greatest science fiction writer in history, IMHO) summed it up best in the following quote:
Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth - are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. The former are idealists acting from highest motives for the greatest good of the greatest number. The latter are surely curmudgeons, suspicious and lacking in altruism. But they make better neighbors than the other sort.
And on that note I'm going to take my leave of this thread. Like virtually every thread on this subject, it's gotten down to the:
"Your God's morals stink!" "He's God! They can't stink by definition!" "What about (inert Bible verse)?" "Job! Besides, what about Stalin? So much for atheist government!" "Oh yeah?" ""Yeah!" stage.
The chance of actually changing someone's mind is a number considerably south of 1%. Ta, all.